caduceus won’t scry on his family or use Sending to try to contact them because he’s too scared they’re all dead, just a reminder that this shit is canon
And he did eventually ask about them during a commune with the Wildmother. He used the 3rd and last question of the spell only after asking the needed questions that looked after everyone else’s concerns and needs and he had an extra waiting. He then immediately chastised himself for weakness that he even asked rather than just held silent faith. A decade alone and not knowing, and he blamed himself for having a moment where he let that worry and fear drive him to just ask for confirmation they were alive and in his eventual path.
About that moment, you see Caduceus, who has prepared a small circle of trinkets, implements are on the ground, fall into a momentary trace. Caduceus, all the sounds of chatting and bickering and confused, raised voices here in the house begin to fade, as you feel the familiar warm breeze blow over you. You can sense the clouds above traveling at a far greater speed. Time begins to accelerate, but slow to a crawl simultaneously, and you feel the warm, familiar presence of your protector. Caduceus: Does the woman who cursed Nott live? The breeze comes cold and biting, not in a way to deny it, but in a way that shivers the truth through you. Caduceus: Has this creature ever had a conversation with Beau’s father? The cold breeze rescinds, and then, blows with equal strength. Caduceus: Does my family wait for me at the Menagerie? The cold breeze comes once more, but this time, it turns warm, to confirm as well, but this answer with less intensity. But all confirmations nonetheless. Caduceus: Good. (sighing) I regret my weakness. (“Home is Where the Heart Is”, c2e091)
